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Curling my fingers into fists, I barge into my room and drop my towel to the floor. Elias gawks at me from my bed, reading one of my old Kama Sutra manuals like he could even successfully perform any sex position beyond missionary—or if he could survive the act at all. I have a sense for death, especially with Hell-bound souls, and his will come soon.
“Have you ever heard of knocking?” Elias asks, getting the nerve to speak to me.
“What for? This is my room and I don’t need a fucking invitation in.” I stroll to my dresser and pull out a T-shirt, shrugging it on first, knowing my swinging cock makes him uncomfortable. I purposefully give him a show, swaying my hips as I close the space. I stand at the end of the bed. “Now I want you to get ready. You’re coming out with me.”
“No way. This was part of the deal. You take care of my contract, and I hang out.” Elias closes the book and tosses it on the nightstand.
Snatching his ankle, I drag him toward me and dangle him upside down high enough that he can’t take his eyes off my cock. It’s like he’s afraid it’ll strike him, and it might if he doesn’t do what I need.
“Nothing about the deal says you get to sit on your ass all day in my room.” I set him on his shoulders and ease him onto floor, despite my raging desire to drop his ass. “Our contracted contacts are taking too long to find answers, so it’s up to you.”
I leave him in shock on the floor and head back to my dresser to grab a pair of jeans. I slide them on commando and adjust my junk. Watching me in silence from the floor, Elias remains frozen. I hiss and startle him, loving how he’s lost his tough-ass attitude. He realizes he’s the prey, and I won’t hesitate to devour him if he gets under my skin. I know how to keep him alive and complacent during the process.
“I’m incapable of telling you anything about my master. I’ve told you this.” Elias scoots back until he hits my bed.
“I can use other information. Like where you signed your deal,” I mutter, stomping closer. Crossing my arms, I tower over him. “If you tell me what you got in exchange for your soul, that could help me as well. Demons have specialties. Now get up. We’re going hunting.”
“I’m not feeling good enough. You didn’t let me take my pain meds,” he says, scratching his arms. “I can barely function without feeling like I’m suffocating, you asshole.”
Elias grips the bed frame, trying to pull himself to his feet. His pathetic attempt fails, and I crack my neck, bend down, and help him up. I don’t want to do it, but I also don’t want him giving up and lying on my bedroom floor until he keels over. I don’t want him in my room at all. I’ll carry him if I have to.
“We will stop by and grab them. Until then, let me bite you. A bit of my venom will help. I won’t release as much as last time, because I don’t need you soaring like you grew your wings back.” I adjust him like a big-ass angel baby. This is far less fun with him than it is with Raven. It doesn’t help that he smells like cigarettes, the fucker really not caring about dying. “Give me your wrist.”
“Fuck no. Put me down.” Elias shoves his palm against my cheek. “Keep that filthy mouth away from me.”
“Don’t be a weak-ass ball sack and accept my help. It just makes me want to toughen you up when you resist. It’s just a nip.” I lean away as he tries to swing at me.
“It’s more than that. I bet you get off on sinking your teeth into anything you can. It’s not going to be me.” Elias raises his voice and manages to clock me in the jaw.
Clenching my teeth, I stride toward the hallway and toss him out of my room. “You ungrateful piece of shit. I’m trying to help you with no fucking strings attached for the sake of Raven and you’re being a dickhole. Why suffer through pain when I can help you? I don’t get it.”
“You’re only trying to help yourself,” he says, groaning from the floor.
I swing and punch the wall in anger.
“Dante, Elias. What the hell is going on out here?” Raven hovers in the doorway to Kase’s room wearing only one of his shirts. “Why are you fighting?”
It takes everything in me to control my anger, especially when Raven helps Elias off the floor. I want to cut off his hand for even having the chance to touch hers. My jealousy gets the best of me, and I spin and storm away. I know I’m fucked up when I start hating something as little as a gesture. Hell, I might even hate Kase’s shirt, because it’s where I want to be, wrapping myself around her.
Raven chases after me. “Dante, come back here.”
I slow to let her catch up but don’t turn to face her. Hopping onto my back, she ensures I can’t escape by clinging to my shoulders and hooking her legs around my torso. She stretches and presses her lips to my ear. I shiver under the sensation of her breath as she kisses my lobe.
“What did the asshole do?” she asks, keeping her voice low. “Did he fuck with your stuff?”
I groan and flip her around to face me. The fact that she assumes it was Elias’s fault lights a fire inside me. I fucking love her. She understands me on a level no one else does, and even if she knows I might be caught up in my own emotions, she will never make me feel bad about it.
“He’s in pain and wouldn’t let me help him. I figured the two of us could go demon hunting since our contracts haven’t responded yet, but I need him in better shape. A little bit of my venom will take the edge off until we can get his pain meds.” I look past Raven and glower at Elias. “He only wants to lie around, waiting to die.”
Something indecipherable crosses Raven’s face. Her bottom lip puffs out with her pout, and she knits her eyebrows together. I wish I could hear her thoughts in this moment to know what she’s thinking. If I could, I might be able to figure out how to return her breathtaking smile to her beautiful face.
Raven shifts slightly in my arms, trying to look behind her. “Why didn’t you tell us you were suffering, Elias?”
“Because I didn’t think it mattered to you.” Elias wobbles on his feet and leans against the wall for support.
“Of course it does. We’re not monsters, despite what you think. Now stop being stubborn and let Dante help you. He’s right about the contracts. If he has a plan to hunt your demon down, we should go for it.” Raven smirks at me, her eyes lighting with her words. “I’ll come too.”
I scowl, unable to control my reaction. “Like hell—”
